You may be right. However, many pundits think Fiorina will do well, could give Boxer a run for her money. I don’t know. But DeVore can’t even win the primary. End of story. Next step? Campbell or Fiorina. Pick one or stay out, what do you think is right for Palin?
For a person who writes eminently sensible things at FR that I often enjoy reading, I really don’t understand why it isn’t obvious to you.
I really don’t understand why it isn’t obvious to you.
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What is obvious to me is that if we fold on DeVore, we will not have a conservative senator elected in CA. Another thing that is obvious is that there will be a McCain wing of aisle crossers in the senate. McCain-Gramnesty-Brown-Collins-Snowe-Crist-Fiorina -and others currently running as conservatives but who will have an epiphany when they get elected. Along with the surviving dems, they will have enough votes to carry the day for the progressive agenda even if Republicans have an impressive victory in November,.
Also obvious is that if we want to elect conservatives, we actually have to vote for them. We have to be strong enough to resist the media telling us they can’t win. If we don’t vote for them, they will never win.
There has been a lot of talk here about no more RINOs and not letting the media or the Republican Party tell us who our candidates are going to be. Yet some now are anxious go with a candidate who we have doubts about. It’s not enough for the media to tell us who to nominate. There is even a ballot measure in June to change the primary system so that everyone can vote and the top two vote getters are the run-off candidates in November. Under that system, we would be lucky to even see a Republican on the general election ballot.
If we are serious about electing conservatives each of us has to vett the candidates. Carly Fiorina is a McCain progressive. Tom Campbell is a liberal. Neither can I consider in any way as a conservative, and therefore I won’t vote for either of them. DeVore may or may not be able to win, but he is a conservative. DeVore’s challenge is money. Fiorina has a greater challenge, thousands of former HP employees who will campaign against her. Her problems at HP will be daily news during the campaign.
Please don’t take my view of Fiorina as a criticism of Gov.Palin. I still believe she is the best hope for victory in 2012. I believe that her advisors on this race are viewing it historically and neglect the factor that the Tea Parties will be this year. There is real energy out there, but if you don’t give them someone to vote FOR, it will be wasted.